Body-hanger for vehicles.



UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J'. FETZER, OF COLUMBIANA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE HERBRAND COMPANY,OF FREMONT, OHIO.

BODY-HANGER FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed July 20, 1899. S

. To all whom it mln/y concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. FETZER, a citizen of the United States,residingat Columbiana, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Body-Hangers forVehicles; and-I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the inventionLsuch as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention relates to the art of carriage or wagonconstruction, and has particular reference to meansfor supporting thebodies of such vehicles upon the runninggear through agency of suitablebody loops or hangers.

As distinguished from the usual custom of mounting a carriage-body uponindividual forged straps or loops rigidly affixed to a spring-barsurmounting the vehicle-springs, I employ a double one-piece body-loopand an attachingplate securely clipped to each spring by through-bolts,one set whereof encompass the central portion of each body-loop for thepurpose of binding together the several leaves of each upper springmember, the attaching-plate, and the double body-loop aforesaid.

The primary object of the invention therefore resides in a simplifiedarrangement of the bodyloop and its correlativo attachments, in thefacility With which the parts may be assembled or replaced in case ofaccident, in the consequent reduction in cost of construction, and thegeneral efficiency incident to such arrangement and combination ofparts, which arrangement will be hereinafter described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification,Figure 1 represents in perspective my improved hanger secured in itsrelative position upon an ordinary elliptic spring. Fig. 2 is also aperspective view representing the hanger detached. Fig. 3 is va view inperspective from a point of observation the reverse of Fig. 1. Fig. i isa perspective view of the attachingplate employed. Fig. 5 is a centralvertical section taken on the line 5 5, Fig. 1. Fig. Gis an edge view ofplate Patent No. 649,291, dated May 8, 1900.

arial No. 724,527. (No model.)

with an overhang D and, further, with rear Wardly-projecting perforatedlugs E E, for purposes which will later appear. The opposite edge ofplate C is also provided with perforated lugs F F, through Which passbolts G G, engaging at their lower ends suitable clip-ties I-I H,constituting part of the retaining-clips, as best shown by Fig. 6.Rising from the opposite ends of said clip-ties H H 7o are correspondingbolts I I, serving to complete the clips aforesaid and at the same timeperforming the important function of securing hanger J at its middleportion to the overhang D of plate C,upon which it rests. Hanger J is bypreference flattened in its center, as at a, in order to betterfacilitate its support upon and rigid connection with plate C when boltsG G and I I are properly set up. The projecting ends of said hangers areby pref- 8o erence depressed or dropped, as shown by Fig. 5, and arefinished by horizontal shoes K K, upon which rest and to which aresecurely bolted the vehicle-body. (Not shown.) It Will thus be notedthat the most ordinary merchant iron, either round or square, may beemployed in forming hanger J, which is entirely separate and distinctfrom its supporting-plate C, and owing to overhang D of the latter saidhanger-.I may, if desired, be 9o compactly dropped from its point ofsupport in the same, or approximately the same, plane as that occupiedby said supporting overhang. This being the preferred embodiment of myinvention, the several elements assembled, as hereinbefore described,are employed to support a vehicle-body, and in the performance of theirrespective functions care has been taken to distribute all strains tothe best possible advantage and to produce a construcroo tion which willnot impose undue strains upon the vehicle-springs, especially at theirjoints,

' as also one which will not get out of order or rattle when in use.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

l. In a vehicle the combination with a bodyhan-ger, 'of anattaching-plate, a supportingspring, and clip-bolts for securing saidparts together in fixed relation one set thereof encompassing the hangeraforesaid, substantially as described.

2. In a vehicle the combination with a bodyhanger, of an attaching-platehaving an overhang on one side, a supporting-spring, and clip-bolts forsecuring said parts together one set thereof encompassing the hanger andbinding vit vupon the overhang, aforesaid, substantially as described.

3. In :a vehicle the combination with a double body-hanger, of anattaching-plate having an Voverhang on one side, a supportingspring, andclip-bolts for securing said parts together one set -thereofencompassing said hanger and centrally binding it upon the overhangaforesaid, substantially as described.

4. Ina vehicle the combination with a supporting-spring, of anattaching-plate surmountin'g said spring, and clip-bolts for securelyjoin-ing the spring members to the plate aforesaid, and a doublebody-hanger detachably secured at its center to said attachingplate byone set of said bolts which encompass the hanger at this point,substantially as described.

5. In a vehicle the combination with a double bod y-han ger having asquared central under surface, of an attaching-plate having an overhangon one side,a supporting-spring,and clip-bolts for seen ring said partstogether one set thereof encompassing the hanger and binding it upon theoverhang aforesaid, substantially as described.

6. In a vehicle the combination with a double body-hanger, of anattaching-plate having an overhang on one side and projecting lugs onboth sides thereof,a supporting-spring, clip-ties beneath said spring,and oppositelyarranged .clip-bolts connecting said ties and plate oneset thereof 'encom passing the hanger and binding it upon the overhangaforesaid, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I subscribe my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

JAMES J. FETZER.

Witnesses:

HUGH M. STERLING, WM. DYRE.

